Marie+Martin

= Marie Martin = =marie_martin70@hotmail.com=

= = Marie Martin is currently the Rooney Visiting Scholar at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pa In 2007 she earned a Doctorate in Education (Instructional Technology) from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. In addition to her doctorate, she holds a Bachelors degree in Celtic Studies and French from Queen’s University, Belfast, and a Masters degree in Modern French Studies from the University of Ulster. From 2004, she has been part time distant adjunct faculty of Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA. In 2008, she taught online in the Duquesne University doctoral program in instructional technology. She is a recipient of the 2009 Duquesne University Mind, Heart and Spirit Award (Ecumenism category).

A former teacher of Modern Languages, from 1995-2002 she was International Officer with a large school district in Northern Ireland (NI) with responsibility for promoting the international dimension in education. She is currently an education consultant in Northern Ireland and is actively engaged in promoting the use of new technologies to enrich and extend learning in primary and post-primary (K-12) classrooms. In association with Classroom 2000 – the body with responsibility for the technology infrastructure in all 1200 schools in NI - she also advises specifically on the application of videoconferencing in the classroom. In 2000, she initiated and facilitated the International Master’s Degree in Distance Learning delivered jointly by Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA and the University of Ulster, and funded by the Department of Education Northern Ireland, to 17 educators, drawn from all sectors of education in NI.

She has published papers on the application of educational technology, including videoconferencing, in education journals in the UK and the US and has presented on the same themes at conferences in Ireland, the UK, the US, South America and South Africa. She is the author of //Videoconferencing in Teaching and Learning: Case Studies and Guidelines// (2000), and //Videoconferencing for Schools: Pedagogy and Practice// (2008). Her most recent book, //Learning by Wandering: An ancient Irish perspective for a digital World,// based on her doctoral dissertation, has been published (2010) by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. She also has contributed chapters to //D.L. Newman, L.Falco, and S.Silverman (Eds),// //Videoconferencing in K-12 Instruction: Best practices and trends// (2008) and to the //Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition// (IGI Global Books, 2008). She is a member of the book review panel for //the British Journal of Educational Technology// and is co-editor of a new series, //Rethinking Education,// for Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. Link for book: //Learning by Wandering: An ancient Irish perspective for a digital World// []